Livin' with Fibromyalgia

Vlog: Living with Chronic pain It a Journey, but still I smile. God give me strength on a daily basis. This is my first time doing a video on my journey of living with Fibromyalgia..I am thinking that maybe if I verbally share that O might have a greater impact on bringing awareness to the struggle that goes along with this condition. As this is an invisible illness that many times goes untreated and unrecognized. We have to find a cute and this will only come through education. What had been your experiences and how have you had to deal with the Ill ness? What modifications have you had to make?

Behavioral Therapy Group As a therapist, I am seeing more of my patients that are dealing with chronic pain, fatigue & Fibromyalgia and many sessions get stuck on how to cope as they are in crisis mode. I have made a proposal to my clinic on starting this new plan to better serve this population by offering an 8 week intensive program. I would like your feedback. Please see below… Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Fibromyalgia/Chronic Pain/FatigueFocus Group Length: 8 wks 1 hr sessions (Tentatively) may need 1.5 hrs Background Information CBT increases patients’ belief in their ability to manage their condition, and it helps them change pessimistic thoughts and negative feelings regarding symptoms like pain, fatigue, and sleep problems. “Through CBT, fibromyalgia patients learn techniques that help them to manage their symptoms better and develop a different attitude towards pain — more of acceptance and less catastrophizing,” Cognitive Therapy Behavior means th...

I hope that your morning is getting off to a good start. I woke up feeling like a mack truck was stuck on park on my back. I have to keep moving though. I think that it would be helpful to start off with a good breakfast but I do not feel like cooking anything so I might just revert to one of my quick recipes for a smoothie. I will share three recipes with you today that might be beneficial to you. I recommend using these recipes with the nutribullet. www.nutribullet.com. If you do not have a nutribullet then a blender of choice will work fine.

I just learned about Matcha....which is a very concentrated form of green tea that has a lots of great benefits for the body... I plan to check out Matcha www.amazon.com/MatchaDNA-Certified-Organic-Matcha-Tea/dp/B009PARMMA Has anyone else has any experiences with Matcha or eating a green diet. I contacted star bucks and that have a green latte , so far now that is where I will be getting my pure matcha because it is currently not available in its purest form unless purchased off line... I will keep you updated on my experience www.matcha.com click on the link to find out more about mathca or visit your local starbucks www.starbucks.com

Today's recipe includes adding lavender to your diet. ....I found this recipe so I thought I would share. ... I plan to try this recipe as it sounds very refreshing. Please share your experiences and give feedback if you have tried lavender tea. Lavender Tea.....photo retrieved from Internet to show how it may look after it it's prepared.

On this journey to health and healing. Education is key.  In a previous post I talked about how inflammation is one of the main causes of the how the body feels and respond to pain. inflammation in the body is a direct cause to the pain and the feelings of tiredness.  So today I am sharing a simple recipe that is supposed to help with the elimination of inflammation This recipe is made using my Nutribullet. I love my nutribullet and the results that I get from using it to make my smoothies. Enjoy and feel free to share your thoughts on this recipe ....